The other day we went to Grand City Buffet for dinner
I used to love the chinese food in Indian.. but didnt like it here.
Most of the items we tried here. So I thought why not try some chinese dish myself.
I tried the Egg fried rice posted by Nupur with some minor modifications
Here goes my recipe....

Ingredients :

2 cups cooked rice

3 eggs

3 spring onions

1 bell pepper cut into small pieces

2 carrots cut into long thin strips

around half cup of french beans also cut into thin long strips

1/4 cup green peas

2 tbsp Chilli Garlic sauce

1 tbsp Ginger garlic paste

4 tsp Soy Sauce

1 tsp or more Black Pepper powder

Oil

Method:

Make scrambled egg adding salt and pepper and keep aside

Add around 1 tbsp oil in the sauce pan and fry the chopped spring onions (only the onion part)

Add ginger garlic paste and fry till raw smell goes

Add the chopped vegetables along with the remaining spring onions and saute for 5 mins

I love making flavoured rice once a week..mostly on fridays...since its the beginning of the weekend..
Of all the types, I like the Pudhina pulao the best as it is very easy to make and does not need much preparation.

Ingredients:

1/2 bunch Pudhina

a few sprigs Cilantro (almost half the quantity of Pudhina)

2tsp coconut grated

4 green chillies

2 cups Basmati rice

1 bay leaf

1 inch cinnamon

2 cloves

1/8 tsp Elaichi powder or 2 elaichi

1/2 tsp Cumin seeds

1/2 tsp Shaha Jeera

1 onion finely sliced

1 tsp ginger garlic paste

8-10 roasted cashew nut pieces

1tbsp ghee for tempering

Method :-

Soak Rice in 4 cups of water for around 20 minutes.

Make a paste of cilantro,pudhina,coconut and green chillies and keep aside

Dry roast the cashew nuts on the pan and keep aside

Now heat the ghee in a pan on medium heat

Put Bay leaf, cloves,cardomon, cinnamon,cumin seeds and shaha jeera

Add sliced onions along with a pinch of salt and fry till they are slightly brown

Add ginger garlic paste and fry for a minute till raw smell goes

Now add the pudhina paste and wait till the color changes slightly.

Drain the rice and add it to the pan.. do not throw away the water

After frying the rice for a minute, add drained water

Wait till the water boils for a minute and then reduce the flame to low

Chakli or Chakralu or Murrukku..its the same item with different names.. The spiral savoury which is mostly made during Diwali..I remember my childhood days, I used to love making these spirals and help my mom.

This is the first time I tried to make it myself. Since my husband is a great snack lover, I made it for him yesterday. My mom used to make this using some big procedure, soaking rice and chana dal and then drying them in shade and then grinding them to powder, but I tried a different easier method and am happy with the outcome.

So here goes the recipe ..... Ingredients:

1 cup Urad dal

3 cups Rice flour

1 tsp Jeera or Ajwain (I used Ajwain)

1 tsp sesame seeds / nuvvulu

1 tsp Chilli powder

Salt to taste

Oil for deep frying

Method :

1. Wash Urad dal atleast 2 times

2. Pour enough water in the cooker and boil Urad dal till its complete paste..

3. After the dal cools down, mash the urad dal and mix it with Rice flour